"Wrong? Where was it wrong?" Ram was stunned when he heard Valed say this and asked.

"It's not just wrong, but it's also a big mistake!" Vared shook his head:

"The states of Tyril may resent and hate Trantio, but it is absolutely impossible for them to really abandon Trantio and let us fight against Trantio without helping.

The reason why the cunning princes and the governors would never be unaware of the truth that Tyriel can maintain a strong character while surrounded by powerful enemies is inseparable from the unity within them. If they abandon Trantio today, then they may abandon other states tomorrow. The day after tomorrow, Tyriel's alliance will be disbanded. This is something that the princes and lords of the states do not want to see anyway."

"So, what's the point of providing them with this intelligence?" Ram continued.

"Of course it makes sense, it means before the war begins." Vared said: "Before the war begins, all states will put some pressure on Trantio to force them to make concessions to us. This is what we want those states to do."

"But if war really starts, then those countries will still stand on the side of Trantheo, that's right."

"It's true," Vared said. "To use an inappropriate example, it's like a woman in a couple having a conflict with another person. The man in the couple knows that his girlfriend is in the wrong, so he will take some actions to dissuade his girlfriend from giving in. But if another person really wants to hit his girlfriend, he will still stand up and support his girlfriend."

"So, as you said just now, military deterrence is a psychological battle."

"Yes." Vared: "We have to play tricks before we don't have the power to fight the whole world... In this way, we don't seem to be different from the bluffing Sigma Empire."

"How can the leader underestimate himself?" Ram shook his head, but disagreed with Valed's statement: "We are like the rising sun and the other like the sunset. At first glance, there seems to be no difference between the two, but in fact they are very different."

Vared was amused by his words: "Okay, then let's let the military deterrence of the city-state of Trantio this time reflect our differences from the Sigma Empire."

Varedne Silvania, Earl of Castein, has a high position and a powerful force. With a command, it attracted worldwide attention. The two legions have nearly 30,000 troops, not much more, but not much less. The key is that these two legions are not ordinary undead skeleton troops, but elite troops enhanced by two black knights, six ancient tomb guard groups, a large number of artillery, magic attack devices and corpse witches. The combat power is much stronger than the standard undead corps.

In other city-states of Tyriel, the spies bought by Valed also began to spread rumors about Prince Trantio... No, it cannot be said to be rumors, after all, at least 80% of what they said were true.

At the same time, Valed's handwritten letter to other city-state princes and the governors also arrived. In the gorgeous rhetoric and elegant sentences, there were actually only two meanings he expressed. First, he "only targeted Tranthio", and second, he "wanted to get back what should belong to him."

Of course, if it was just such empty words, most princes and governors would only think that Valed was really letting air. However, when the channels of magical products from Sylvania were cut off, Tyriel's resentment finally began to ferment...

This military deterrence game was not played for too long. Prince Tranthio had to compromise when the merchants of his country were opposed by other countries, and there were also a large number of undead troops outside eyeing him. He sent an envoy to Vared's military camp, said a lot of good things and gave him generous gifts, hoping that Vared could forgive him for "the private actions of the border troops below."

However, when the border was demarcated in the following negotiations, the envoy completely changed his appearance and insisted on Valed to split a part of the land they had encircled.

After a short period of thinking, Valed decided to agree to his request, but he was determined to win the natural deep-water port. Trantheo's messenger finally agreed to Valed's request and took away a part of the territory, about two square kilometers. The deep-water port and all the surrounding territory were handed over to Silvania.

After reaching the agreement, Trantheo's messenger left with satisfaction. Vared and the vampire officers who left behind were secretly resentful.

"Leader, the empty mouth and white teeth made these bastards cut off the territory of four miles, this-"

In the end, someone couldn't help but say it.

"Remember this humiliation, my friend, sooner or later, we will make these profiteers pay the price," said Vared.

In this way, Count Castein's southern strategy ended with a not-so-satisfied end. Although he wanted a lot of things, deep water ports, large tracts of territory, and hundreds of thousands of green-skinned corpses, compared to what they obtained, the four-mile territory was nothing, and the nine hundred miles of territory in the southern waters was nothing - but he was breathless!

The cruel reality, the lack of strength on our side, and the Sigma Empire that Valed said he didn't have to care about, the army that had accumulated on the border were like bones, stuck in the necks of the vampire members of the Kastein family, making them feel depressed and angry. Just as Vared said, "As sooner or later, those profiteers will pay the price." Hatred has become a new driving force for the Kastein family to move forward.

Not to mention this disgusting thing, Sylvania's harvest in the southern coastal areas is quite good. On the automated undead production line, the newly acquired orc skeletons can be converted into undead troops in the shortest time. Although the 900-mile area in the southern coastal areas are mostly unusable saline-alkali land, mud and dense forests. However, opening salt drying fields in the coastal areas is a good deal that can make money. The high-quality wood and animal resources produced in the southern dense forest are also worth using.

After that, the most direct reason for these incidents was that deep water port.

Although there is a good port, Valed is really unspeakable to build this port. He also asked the engineers of the Chaos Dwarf, and the answer he got was that the Chaos Dwarf is also an inland country with no sea port, and their engineers are not good at designing harbors.

If Tyriel said that, there would be many excellent engineers and designers of ports, docks and even ships. Vared also ordered the smuggling merchants and spies he bought to pay attention to these useful talents. It's a pity that talents are very popular everywhere, especially in countries like Tyriel, where trade and shipping are made. People with such talents are afraid that they will not find a job? Why bother to get involved with the infamous undead leader?

Even if there were a few frustrated guys occasionally, the spies went up to ask, but they were disappointed - most of them were liars, and the few were also some stupid people who were incompetent. In the end, the spies discovered a slightly famous port, the pier designer, who lost his job because of the powerful and the nobles, went over to contact him with joy.

As a result, that bastard was really a slut. After three days of contact, he found that Sylvania was standing behind these spies. He in turn reported the spies who had contacted him, and did not eat mutton and made him feel slut. This is the situation.

So in recent times, the results of these smuggling merchants, low-level officials, nobles and spies who were bribed were zero. Valed naturally would not be satisfied with such results, and he began to get tired of such gentle behavior.

So, in the following period, some of the more famous ports, docks, ship construction engineers and designers in Tyrell disappeared one after another. These missing people, together with a large number of knowledge books on shipbuilding, building and managing docks, ship docks, etc., were transported to the natural port named "Deep Water" by Valed. Then, the experts and scholars received no more high treatment and rich salaries.

But the paws of the vampire officer.

After killing those people and gaining enough relevant knowledge from their brains, a group of temporary pseudo-experts and scholars, under the strict order of Valed, had to hold those professional books to chew. According to Valed's order, they would become designers and engineers to build deep water ports - a natural port that is still a mudflat, reeds and beaches.

At the same time, on the periphery of deep water, Vared also asked his allies, the Chaos Dwarves who were now working for him to design and build a large fortress that was now built at the Jackal Pass. As a counter to the city-state of Trantio, which had become enemies with them, and even the entire Tyriel.

In Valed's plan, it has been extended to the capital of the new county. The newly established railway line of Tarantong will continue to be built southward and then divided into two sections, one section to the deep water port, and the other section to the Jackal Fortress - opposite the Jackal Pass of the Red-eyed Mountains, the bastion fortress built by the Chaos Dwarf Engineers. At this fork, there is also the hub of three railways facing north, southwest and southeast, which is the capital of Binhai County under Valed's plan.
Chapter completed!